The New York City Central Labor Council, the umbrella organization representing more then a million workers, lost two powerful unions this week because of a controversy over its president. A spokesman for 32BJ, which represents 70,000 building service workers, said Thursday the union had withdrawn from the labor council. The Hotel Trades Council quit the [...]
Union school bus drivers have given their leaders the authority to call a strike against companies that provide bus transportation for the New York City Department of Education. The drivers, escorts and mechanics of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1181 authorized the strike threat in a vote Tuesday. Contract talks between the union and school bus [...]
The owner of New York’s Indian Point nuclear power plant and its largest union have reached a tentative agreement that averts a strike. Entergy Nuclear and a spokesman for the Utility Workers Union of America announced the four-year deal Wednesday, just hours before a midnight strike deadline. The union represents 433 employees at Indian Point, [...]
Public worker unions and New York’s Assembly are angling to curb the hiring of temporary workers and consultants which Gov. David Paterson contends saves taxpayers’ money over hiring permanent state employees. The conflict, with serious implications in the 2010-11 budget, surfaced Thursday. It means the Democratic governor faces another battle with powerful unions and the [...]
The leader of a powerful labor union that recently endorsed Mayor Michael Bloomberg in his re-election campaign was charged Wednesday with taking bribes from contractors who were scheming to cut labor costs. Michael Forde, executive secretary-treasurer of the New York City District Council of Carpenters and Joiners, surrendered to the FBI Wednesday to face racketeering, [...]
A Brooklyn judge on Monday lifted the last remaining penalty against the transit workers union for its 2005 strike, saying that the union could once again begin collecting dues directly from members’ paychecks. Transport Workers Union Local 100 had lost what is known as dues check-off in the aftermath of the strike, which violated the [...]
